Good day, can also be operated well without a filter

The compartment is made of plastic

The cooker uses BRITA MAXTRA cartridges. According to the manufacturer, it should be changed after one month or 100 litres. Our consumption is about 1 - 2 litres of water/day and we change the filter about every six weeks. The BRITA cartridges are easily available at any major distributor.

Why, because it just went wrong again at Digitec/Galaxus. Just call customer service, it's clearly their fault. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Digitec is obliged to supply electrical appliances with a Swiss plug. If the appliance is supplied with a foreign plug, a suitable replacement cable should be supplied if the mains cable is pluggable or alternatively if the mains cable is permanently connected, a suitable adapter should be supplied. If the appliance is delivered without a suitable plug, complain to the customer service and insist on a cable or an adapter, free of charge. Point 1 --> https://www.esti.admin.ch/de/themen/faq/elektrische-erzeugnisse-marktueberwachung/

It comes with a swiss plug as standard. Better said, mine did a year ago. It serves me well, even in the very high lime scale area I live in.

Yes one is there